Valve for flushing toilet-bowls.



N. LAROCCA. VALVE FOR FLUSHING TOILET BOWLS.

APPLICATION FlLED OCT. 4, 1914.

ilm nm July 6, 1915.

NICOLA LAROCGA, 0F NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

VALVE FOR FLUSHING TOILET-BOWLS.

Specification of ietters Patent.

Patented July 6, 19l5.

Application filed flctober 14, 1914. Serial No. 866,627.

To all whom it may concern: v

Be it known that I, Nrcona LAROCOA, a subject of the Kingdom of Italy, residing at No. 136 Bank street, in the city of Newark, county of Essex, State of New Jersey, have'invented a new and useful Improvement in Valves for Flushing Toilet-Bowls, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to valves for flush: ing toilet bowls and has for its object to provide an easily operable valve for this purpose illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 shows, in vertical section, my improved valve in connection with the usual flushing tank and bowl. 'Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view of my valve.

Referring in detail to the drawing, 1 is the supply pipe branched from the house water supply and adapted to fill the conventional flushing tank 2 which delivers through pipe 3. At a conveniently operable position-along pipe 3 my improved valve is mounted. It consists of a cylindrical casing t having an inlet 8 piercing the upper wall, an outlet 9 .in axial alinement with inlet 8 and passage 10 on the side near the base, each of the passages 8, 9, and 10 being threaded; 8 and 9 for the reception of pipe 3 and the continuation thereof respectively, while passage 10 receives the threaded arm of an Lshaped end 5 of a pipe 7 which connects member 4 with the bowl. The threaded arm of the L-shaped member 5 extends within the casing 4 and is formed to provide a slanting seat for a flap valve 11, which. is pivotally mounted as at 12 and adapted to make a water-tight contactv with the seat. A gasket 13 insures watertight connection between said arm and easing 4. The valve member 11 is operated by means of a handle ;6 and lever 14; both mounted upon squared portions of a suitable shaft 15.

In normal positions the inner end of lever. 14: contacts with about the central portion of the inner surface of member 11 and on pulling thehandle 6 toward the operator the upper face of lever 14: will open. the

valve member 11, thus allowing water to flow from the flushing tank into the bowl;

Various changes might be made in the general form and arrangement of the parts slanting downward to the adjacent edge' of the first-named outlet and carrying a flap valve hinged to its upper edge, the

outer end of the tube bending downward,

an operating shaft mounted transversely in the angular portion of the tube, and a valve operating arm on the shaft having its'end in engagement with the inner surface of the valve.

uroom LAnocoa.

Witnesses:

JOHN MAzzni, GEORGE Wns'rmm. 

